WEBVTT CENTER WITH MORE ON WHAT THOSECREWS ARE UP AGAINST.REPORTER: THE LATEST IS ABOUT14,000 CUSTOMERS THROUGHOUT THECENTRAL COAST ARE WITHOUT POWER.THAT IS DOWN FROM 30,000 EARLIERTODAY.THEY ARE MAKING PROGRESS BUTMORE TREES ARE COMING DOWN.>> I HAVE NEVER SEEN DEVASTATIONLIKE THIS WHERE YOU HAVE THEWIND OF THAT VELOCITY.REPORTER: WINDS HIT PRUNEDALE ATCATEGORY ONE HURRICANE STRENGTH,WIPING OUT POWER TO HUNDREDS OFRESIDENTS AND KEEPING PG&E CREWSBUSY.>> IT HAS BEEN VERY DANGEROUSFOR OUR CRUISE.-- CREWS.IN SOME LOCATIONS WE'VE HAD TO, STAND DOWN BECAUSE ITSDANGEROUS TO PUT THEM IN THOSEBUCKET TRUCKS TO GO UP THERE ANDREPLACE WIRES.REPORTER: IN MANY CASES CREWS, HAVE TO REBUILD INFRASTRUCTUREFROM THE GROUND UP.MUDSLIDES, FLOODING AND DOWNEDTREES HAVE SLOWED DOWN THEPROCESS, LEAVING MANY WITHOUTPOWER FOR DAYS.>> WE LOST POWER FRIDAY AND THEBIGGEST PROBLEM IS PUMP DOESN'TWORK ON THE SO THERE IS NOWATER.REPORTER: AT HIDDEN HILLS THESTORM HAS BEEN CAUSING A MESSBRINGING DOWN POWER LINES AND, TREES.SOME EVEN TOOK OUT PART OF THEIRLIVESTOCK.>> OUR DONKEY AMOS WAS TAKENDOWN BY A TREE AND THEN WE WEREABLE TO TAKE SOME OF THE OTHERHORSES OUT.AND THEN WE TRIED TO GET THEALPACAS OUT AND THEN IT HAPPENAGAIN, WE SAW A TREE TAKE OUT ANANIMAL THAT WE HAVE HAD SINCEBIRTH.REPORTER: THEY BROUGHT IN A CREWTO HELP REMOVE SOME OF THEDANGEROUS TREESAND PG&E FINALLY MADE IT UPTHERE ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON, BUTTHE STORM HAS BEEN RELENTLESS.>> WHAT'S BEEN VERY INTERESTINGABOUT THIS STORM IS WE'VE GONEIN TO REPAIR A POLE, TO REPLACELINES, BUT THEN ANOTHER TREEFALLS SO THERE'S SOME LOCATIONSWHERE WE'VE HAD MORE THAN ONEOUTAGE FOR THE SAME CUSTOMERSBECAUSE THE WEATHER HAS BEEN, VERY STRONG AND UNPREDICTABLE.REPORTER: REPORTS ABOUT THEPOWER OUTAGES DOES HELP THEM FIXTHE ISSUES FASTER.AND SUPERVISOR PHILLIPS SAIDTHAT THOSE DEALING WITH THEEFFECTS OF THE STORM AND POWEROUTAGES CAN REACH OUT TO HISOFFICE FOR UPDATES ANDRESOURCES.DAN: THANK YOU.AND THEY HAVE CALLED IN MUTUAL

Nearly 8000 customers remain without power on Central Coast

Nearly 8000 customers remain without power on Central Coast

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Updated: 8:52 AM PST Feb 22, 2017

SALINAS, Calif. —

The number of customers without power from the powerful storms that roared through the Central Coast is steadily dropping.

PG&E said nearly 8000 customers remain without power in Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz counties Wednesday morning.

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Of those without power, the biggest outage is also the newest. In Salinas, 2300 customers lost power at 530am Wednesday morning, primarily in south Salinas.

There is no estimated time for restoration.

In Prunedale, crews continue to work to repair the lines that have left some customers without power since last Friday. About 750 are still in the dark as of Wednesday morning.